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The Joker: It's simple. We, uh, kill the Batman.​Salvatore Maroni: If it's so simple, why haven't you done it already?The Joker: If you're good at something, never do it for free.The Dark Knight, 2008

March 12, 2018

We met Mr. Taylor Gray AKA Ezra Bridgewater from Star Wars: REBELS last year at Star Wars Celebration. He wanted a wood burning which made our day! He didn't want just a burning of Ezra but himself and Ezra together! Super unique! I started off with Ezra's head!

March 9, 2018

The Hello Dolly piece is done with the St. Mary's Ryken burned in. It is ready for the Cast and crew to sign it!

March 7, 2018

Burned in the lettering and took the piece out for some serious edge burning!

March 5, 2018

Burned in the Hello Dolly Silhouette! Moving along now!

March 2, 2018

Painted in the red edges and a little white for the center background. Kid said "That's too much red!" I told her to trust the process!

February 28, 2019

Nice deep red painted into the Wood grain! Come see Hello Dolly at St. Marys Ryken, March 22-25 and buy a raffle ticket for this piece!

February 26, 2018

St. Mary's Ryken High School's production Hello, Dolly! is coming soon! (March 22-25) Time to make the burning for the cast and crew to sign and auction off to benefit The Knights Fine Arts Alliance! Step 1, Burn the contours!

February 23, 2018

This was a straight painting of one color per area. And then burn the paint and wood to create the depth. Clean burning looks good! Nice shading, the paint takes a little more heat to get a nice dark area but otherwise straight forward. The next test will be painting the under picture and mixing colors to create a deeper feel to the burning.

February 21, 2018

Time for color test number two! I found a sleepy Snorlax left over from last years convention season! I have infused him with color. As you can see near his hairline tat if there isn't a solid burn line the color will travel the wood grain into places it shouldn't be. The next step is to burn the color into the wood!

February 16, 2018

Bamboo Box is done! Both puppies look great! Year added to the bottom!

February 14, 2018

The puppy on the right hand side is done!

February 12, 2018

Nice solid border is burned in!

February 9, 2018

I was sent a bamboo box in the mail. They requested two puppy dogs and a border. Pups are sketched and the border is drawn!

February 7, 2018

Humans are complete and the burning is all done!

February 5, 2018

The steering column is burned and the landscape is complete. On to the humans!

January 31, 2018

Back to testing the colors! In the meantime, here is a landscape!

January 29, 2018

Ok, Color testing had begun! The first step is to establish a color set that will penetrate the wood and maintain a vibrant color. Water color and stain tend to "wash out" and oils and acrylics lay on top. I need color that will get into the wood and still shine! So step one was to create a burning that included the color without burning it. I always wanted to do the Jurassic Park logo so perfect opportunity! I'm super happy with the results. The colors took time to apply but the vibrancy achieved looks great! Then when burning around the edges of the colors they didn't burn creating a jagged look. Test number one is a success! Onto to phase two!

January 26, 2018

The top of the organizer desk completed!

January 24, 2018

In in this corner, the sad face....

January 22, 2018

Top left corner of the desk, the Happy mask!

January 19, 2018

Name is burned into the top of the desk!

January 17, 2018

I received a desktop organizer in the mail and the client wanted an inscription inside, on top, and theater masks on the outside corners. Here is the inscription on the inside.

January 15, 2018

Puppy and human are complete! Tweaks to the puppy's head worked great!